By Margaret Besheer United Nations 15 April 2008 Somalia's foreign minister says his government will ask the U.N. Security Council to send a multi-national force to his country to take over from African Union peacekeepers who are currently trying to...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 17 August 2007 United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is urging the U.N. Security Council to approve a new peacekeeping force for the volatile border region between Chad and Central African Republic. The newly revised propo...
By Katy Migiro Nairobi 15 June 2007 Burundi says it is ready to deploy troops as part of the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia in July. Meanwhile, the U.S. government is giving $6 million in development aid to Somalia. Some of the money wil...
--By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 08 November 2006 125 Indonesian troops have left for Lebanon to join a United Nations peacekeeping force. About 800 more Indonesian troops are expected to arrive in Beirut by the end of the month. Indonesian peaceke...
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 06 November 2006 Outgoing U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has been pushing for reform of the institution throughout his decade-long tenure. In this report from Washington, Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks a...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 16 September 2006 India is sending an all-woman police unit to join U.N. peacekeeping operations the West African nation of Liberia. This is the first time an all-woman force has been deployed in the volatile region. ---...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 13 August 2006 Security Council members at UN Headquarters in New York voted to adopt a resolution calling for a cease fire between Israel and Lebanon Friday, August 11, 2006 Consultations are expected to begin this week...